LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.54 a.m. on i8th April, 1966, while the IRB was being exercised with the district inspector on board, the crew were informed that a dinghy with four youths on board was in difficulties 100 yards off shore from...
Premier and Kingfisher
TWO COBLES ESCORTED IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the llth January, 1962, it was decided to launch the life-boat /. G. Graves of Sheffield at three o'clock in the afternoon to escort two local fishing cobles into harbour as the...
Mary
FAULTY PUMP At 5.24 p.m. on 27th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been fired by a trawler two miles off Bury Holm in a southerly direction. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at 5.37 in a...
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TAKEN TO ROSSAVEEL At 2.40 p.m. on 28th September, 1964, the local district nurse requested the use of the life-boat to take an injured child to Rossaveel. No other boat being available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings...
A Motor Boat
Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 11.15 p.m.
on 23rd October, 1966, information was received that a small motor boat last seen two miles east of Port Ellen during the afternoon had not yet returned to her moorings. At 11.35 the...
Manx Clover
Peel, Isle of Man - At 8.40 p.m. on I4th March, 1967, a fishing vessel which was drifting north east from the Peel breakwater was reported to be flashing a torch. The life-boat Helena Harris - Manchester and District XXXI was launched at...
Tina Louise
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 12.15 p.m. on 2nd July, 1967, news was received that a fishing vessel had stranded on the West Barrow sands one and a half miles north west of the Mid-Barrow lightvessel.
The life-boat Sir Godfrey...
Sea Gypsy
Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - At 7.15 p.m. on 30th July, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in distress off Kearney Point. The life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow slipped her moorings at 7.30.
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Anmara
Long Search THE STERN TRAWLER Anmara and her crew of three were reported overdue from Scarborough on the evening of May 21, 1987 and a search was organised by Humber Coastguard, to begin at first light on the following day.
Fat-Free Cheque
Fat-free cheque The Exmouth branch received a cash boost of £2,000 from the nationwide slimming club organisation 'Slimmer'.
The organisation's central administration office is in Exmouth and when funds... - View image in PDF
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